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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, October 22, 1982

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { H J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,036
Across
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"___ Daughter," Marquand book : BFS
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Knight's steel splint : TASSE
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Shareholder's delight : GAIN
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French copper : FLIC
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Russian soldiers : IVANS
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Lhasa ___, Tibetan dog : APSO
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Bombay bigwig : RANA
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Dunner's command : PAYUP
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"Take ___ your leader" : METO
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Coming forth : EMANATING
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Nile city : LUXOR
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Collector of postcards : DELTIOLOGIST
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Angers : IRES
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Gareth's father : LOT
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Dandiprat : BOY
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Mudville slugger : CASEY
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Warbucks' sawbucks : TENSPOTS
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Flaws and all : ASIS
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Oodles : SCADS
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Pandurina : LUTE
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The boss, to a steno : DICTATOR
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Bowl at Jacksonville : GATOR
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Buffalo's relative : YAK
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Hood's exit : LAM
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Use a radar device : SCAN
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Gem engraver : GLYPTOLOGIST
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Wallace's running mate: 1968 : LEMAY
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Aroma : REDOLENCE
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Tel ___ : AVIV
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Quant's skirts : MINIS
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Wood knot : NURL
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Pool or fen : MERE
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Moot point : ISSUE
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Lake in Canada : CREE
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Musician Jacques : BREL
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Pullulates : TEEMS
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Tree used for bows : YEW
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Mame's onus : BLAME
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Newspaper edition : FINAL
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Most insufficient : SCANTIEST
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Walk through tulips : TIPTOE
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Profits : AVAILS
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"I Cain't ___" : SAYNO
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Got cozy : SNUGGLED
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Sixth sense, for short : ESP
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A-to-Z course : GAMUT
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Cusp : APEX
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"It ___ laugh": Pinero : ISTO
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Race horse or Jordanian queen : NOOR
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Stone or Flintstone : FRED
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Flippant : AIRY
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Utah Beach craft : LSTS
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Free electrons : IONS
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Sock exchange : BOUT
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Nobelist Wallach: 1910 : OTTO
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Belgian canals-connector : YSER
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Designer of the old Met : CADY
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Where Bhutan is : ASIA
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Kind of bay : SICK
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Dick Deadeye, e.g. : TAR
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Expressiveness : PLANGENCY
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Command to Fido : STAY
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Make up : COMPRISE
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Friend in a fray : ALLY
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British pen : GAOL
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Borax base : SODIUM
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Padlocks : CLOSES
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What O'Neill wields : GAVEL
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Perfect, e.g. : TENSE
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Toughen : INURE
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Ship's propeller : SCREW
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Part of TV : TELE
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Mary's follower : LAMB
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" ... happily ___ after" : EVER
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Slue goo : MIRE
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Inst. near Harvard : MIT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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